Early childhood caries and its relationship with perinatal, socioeconomic and nutritional risks: a cross-sectional study

Santos, Valdeci Elias dos; Sousa, Rebeca Maria Brasileiro de; Oliveira, Maria Cecília; Júnior, Arnaldo de França Caldas; Rosenblatt, Aronita

doi:10.1186/1472-6831-14-47

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“…It was reported that low socio-economic status was associated with an increased prevalence of ECC. [45][46][47] However, this study failed to show the association between low socio-economic status and increased risk of ECC. This can be explained with two grounds.…”

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Is diet quality associated with early childhood caries in preschool children? A descriptive study

İnan-Eroğlu¹,

Özler²,

Erçim³

et al. 2017

Turk J Pediatr

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Limited evidence about the role of diet quality, an important component of nutritional status, in the etiology of dental caries has been reported. The aim of this study was to examine the association between diet and dental caries in children by using the dietary intake data, anthropometrical measurements and dental examination. A total of 395 children (52.7% boys and 42.8% girls) who were 36-71 months of age (mean age 58.7±8.6 months) and attended one of the eleven preschools within a district of Ankara participated in this descriptive study. Dental examinations were performed in the schools under day-light by a pediatric dentist; decayed, missing and filled teeth as well as surfaces were recorded. Data related to socio-demographic characteristics and 24-hour dietary recall of children were gathered via a structured, pretested questionnaire which was conducted by the research dietitian. The Healthy Eating Index-2010 (HEI-2010) and Mediterranean Diet Quality Index for children and adolescents (KIDMED) were used to assess dietary intake. Anthropometric measurements including weight, height, upper arm circumference and head circumference were taken by the same researcher. The percentage of Early Childhood Caries (ECC) was increased by age (p<0.001) whereas no significant difference was observed by sex, socioeconomic status, tooth brushing frequency and body mass index (p>0.05). Although children who had bad KIDMED scores had slightly higher mean values of decayed missing and filled teeth (dmft) (5.39± 4.6) and decayed missing and filled surface (dmfs) (8.45± 8.69), compared to the scores of children with good or medium KIDMED scores, the differences were not statistically significant (p>0.05). On the contrary to the KIDMED findings, the mean value of tooth decay was significantly higher among children with bad HEI-2010 score (4.2±4.3) compared to children with medium HEI-2010 score (2.47±2.9) (p=0.043). It is concluded that a healthy eating pattern and high diet quality is essential for the prevention of early childhood caries in preschool children. Further studies are required to develop dietary strategies for the prevention of dental caries.

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Is diet quality associated with early childhood caries in preschool children? A descriptive study

İnan-Eroğlu¹,

Özler²,

Erçim³

et al. 2017

Turk J Pediatr

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“…The ECC primary etiologic factors are fermentable carbohydrates, oral bacteria with cariogenic potential, and host susceptibility. Currently, social factors as family's low socioeconomic level and cultural factors and the lack of knowledge of the parents on oral health have also been related to ECC etiology [2][3][4][5]. Although the disease can be prevented and caries lesions are potentially reverted at initial stages, frequently the adequate treatment is not provided and the disease develops with the consequent progression of the lesions up to total destruction of the teeth [6,7].…”

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Changes in Oral Health-related Behavior of Infants following a Preventive Program of Continuing Education Directed to their Parents

Ionta¹,

Gonçalves²,

Alencar³

et al. 2015

Pesqui. bras. odontopediatria clín. integr.

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Objective: To evaluate changes in oral health-related behavior of infants following preventive program of continuing education directed to their parents. Material and Methods: We analyzed 53 dental files of infants aged up to 36 months, who participated in the Prevention and Education Program of the Infants Clinic, School of Dentistry of Bauru (USP), and attended at least 2 visits with a maximum of 4 missing appointments. Initially an educational lecture was conducted, pointing issues related to diet and oral hygiene. At the following visit, the professional filled in a form with questions about diet and hygiene performed at home. The following information was extracted from dental files: reason of the first visit, age, number of teeth, number of visits, missing appointments, and dietary and oral hygiene risk factors. The data were tabulated and analyzed using descriptive statistics comparing the information obtained from the first visit to that of the last one. Results: The reason for the first visit was dental caries prevention (88.68%) followed by dental trauma (7.55%), and needed of curative treatment (3.77%). The mean age of the sample was 14.85 months, the tooth number mean was 12.64 at first visit, the mean number of visits was 7 and the mean missing appointments was 0.83. The percentage of infants with inadequate diet and hygiene habits was 88.68% and 62.26%, and only 12.762% and 57.57% of these have changed their habits, respectively. Conclusion: After the preventive program of continuing education, the dietary habits showed were more difficult to change in relation to hygiene ones.

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“…A similar result was demonstrated in a study in Brazil that used low birth weight as an indicator of mothers' health during pregnancy. The study proved that children with a low birth weight tend to have dental caries (80.4%) due to the abnormal growth of teeth calcification compared to children with a normal birth weight (9.9%) [9].…”

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The Relation of Mothers’ Nutritional Status to Primary Teeth Dental Caries

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Methods:In total, 281 children under 5-year-old were selected from a health screening in Depok Sub-District, West Java. Information about maternal nutritional status was collected through the mother and child's health book. Information about dental caries was collected through clinical examinations using the dmft index. Result:The prevalence of mothers with poor nutritional status was 22.8%, and 55.2% of their children had caries. The occurrence of dental caries in primary dentition between children of mothers with poor and good nutritional status was significantly different (p<0.001). The likelihood of getting caries was 1.85 times higher (95% confidence interval: 1.5-2.2) among children of mothers with poor nutritional status than among children of mothers with a good nutritional status. Conclusion:Children of mothers with a poor nutritional status would likely present with dental caries and had a higher risk of dental caries compared to children of mothers with a good nutritional status.

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Early childhood caries and its relationship with perinatal, socioeconomic and nutritional risks: a cross-sectional study

Cited by 63 publications

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Is diet quality associated with early childhood caries in preschool children? A descriptive study

Is diet quality associated with early childhood caries in preschool children? A descriptive study

Changes in Oral Health-related Behavior of Infants following a Preventive Program of Continuing Education Directed to their Parents

The Relation of Mothers’ Nutritional Status to Primary Teeth Dental Caries

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